SKATE 2 is better than SKATE 3 

EDIT: -you are a skate 3 hater! : No I'm playing this game since the day it came out and truly love it. Skate 3 still is my favourite game, this video is simply there to show that sadly some of skate 2's nice features got rid of in skate 3. -Realistic Challenges: I understand that some people like these unrealistic challenges more so I admit that this one is very biased. -Big Black: Many people argue that i can't complain that skate 3 is unrealistic if i like Big Black who bounces up in the air. But Big Black is only playable in freeskate and therefore has no effect on the realism of the challenges. I just want to point out that it is kinda sad that they got rid of this fun feature in skate 3. -Build your own spot: Sure in skate 3 you basically can build you own spot by building your own park ...but my point is that they again got rid of this nice feature...why not park building and your own spot ? -Skate stoppers: It is not a bad thing that everything in skate 3 is already skateable ...it still was an extra challenge to make everything skateable in skate 2 ...one fun challenge less. -No sewage covers: This is just another example to show that skate 3 doesn't feel so alive like skate 2. I understand that some of you might not care so much about the details, big black or special mission, but for me these things show that the developer put their heart in to skate 2. No matter what view you have, please be respectful to those who have a different view.

No big black is the best argument

rip big black bro.

Skate 2: Came out in 2009 Skate 3: Came out in 2010 I have a feeling Skate 3 was rushed. I mean we had 2 years between Skate and Skate 2

Honestly one thing that Skate 2 had over 3 is that the world was against skating. Security guards and skate stoppers everywhere, it felt like you were rebelling against something. Skate 3s world LOVED skating, almost a bit too much.

I like how it goes from saying skate 3 is too unrealistic to showing Big Black bouncing around like a basketball in skate 2

Skate 2: Realism Skate 3: Utopia

Skate 2 feels like you're skating in the real world whereas skate 3 feels like a skating simulator. However, skate 3 does feel nicer to skate in. Hopefully, skate 4 will have the right balance as they have had 11 years to develop it instead of 1 year.

The outro makes me want to cry.. you did a perfect job showcasing the amazing detail and atmosphere that Skate 2 holds. There’s no other skating game like it, not even close.

R.I.P big black

R.I.P. Big Black. 1972-2017 forever

If Skate 4 doesn’t have sewage covers I’m not buying it

Who’s here in 2020 after SKATE 4 was announced

Bro in Skate 2 you can skate from the top of the map ALL THE WAY to the bottom. That's amazing, u can explore the whole map just by skating

We. Need. Skate 4 Edit: holy shit guys 800 likes thx

While I agree with most of these points there’s something to be said, it really depends on what kind of game you’re looking for. Skate 2 has better quality of life and realistic elements for street skating, while skate 3 focuses more on the huge mega parks. If your looking for a cool realistic street skating game then skate 2 is better by far, but if you want to drop 100 feet and go flying into 3 front flips, skate 3 is your game. It’s all up to preference.

I love how this was recommended.. two years later... when they finally announced skate 4 xD

If ur saying skate 3 challenges are unrealistic wait till you play Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

If Skate 2 had a park creator and hardcore mode, I would never touch Skate 3 again

Dude if the challenges weren't extreme there would be no fun in owning them

I'd say skate 3 is a lot more polished and cleaner than skate 2. In terms of tricks etc

RIP Big Black

My ears are hypnotized after listening to this.

rhe music with airpods makes you feel weird when your tired

I hated the pole gapping in skate 3 it made me wanna rip my hair out

no big black. no buy.

One thing I really miss from Skate 1 and 2, that wasn't in 3, was the Security/Cop Zones. It was kind of fun to plan out your line and wait for the right moment they wouldn't catch you. While annoying at times, it made the places seem more realistic and alive.

Just the environment seemed like a lived in world. The lighting was more calming. Skate 2 is amazing.

6:26 now this is just absolutely unforgivable EA

The fact they made us buy party play is ridiculous.

But you will always remember playing skate 3 and viben’ to “going up the country”

if skate 4 doesn't have the right door sizing i'm not buying it.

Man this video speaks to my heart. people will never know how great skate 2 was and when 3 came out it was a total let down. I don’t mind ppl liking skate 3 but if you honestly played skate 2 during its life cycle and played the hell out of it like I did. Then you know there is a huge difference between good and great!

never thought id be getting a little emotional from a skate vid but dang that song goes right through my heart

it feels like skate 3 was like a rushed project

That outro man. It's like a love letter to the older games. Back when that magic was still there, at least for me. Maybe I feel this way because I'm buying the old stuff back again soon, but you nailed that feeling for me with that bit at the end. I fucking love gaming.

These are the type of games you would play when you went to that one friend’s house who didn’t have internet and wasn’t that into games

Dize: Skate 3 Isnt Realistic. Skate 2: *makes a fat black character who can bounce on the ground after he bails* Me: *WHEEZE*

This video has made me realize how I miss the old consoles. What a good games, especially fun and free online. (PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii) Thank you so much for the video, i miss old days.

I just feel like one was meant to be cooler and realistic and one was meant to be more fun and goof

I think it's just a matter of taste, you want a more realistic and detailed street skating experience, buy skate 2, if you want a more hilarious experience, with more adrenaline, big jumps and speed, you have skate 3

If they were more patient with skate 3, like instead of rushing and releasing it in 2010 they should’ve waited and did maybe a 2012 release. I feel like more of skate 2’s realism really would’ve made a huge difference. Also they should’ve brought back the phone from skate 1, always really liked that concept

Black box: "So guys, this is going to be skate 3. It's still in its early stage but we'll only need few months so that..." EA: "nah we released it 2 months ago"

Skate 2 forever the best skate game. Hope they take inspiration from it for skate 4!

I've only ever played skate 3 and it's one of my favourite games. Need to get all 3 and complete the other 2

Yeah okay but I still want a skate 4

i’ve never played skate 2 , only skate 3. the little details in skate 2 lowkey makes me wanna start playing it

Man I used to play a lot of skate 2 and it was fun I miss it and this video brought back some memories

I've never seen so much whiny nit-picking in one video before, this is impressive

Wow emotional ending

I've been playing both games for a long time and i can say that you really feel like you're in a city in Skate 2, especially if you consider your main goal in the game is making yourself known as a skater and earning money to build a skatepark in the middle of the city (monster clubhouse) whereas in Skate 3, it feels like you're in a huge skatepark that happens to have some buildings and cars inside it. The comparison of the Megaparks points this out pretty good. In Skate 2 it looks like Danny Way and his friends grabbed a hammer and some nails and went to work on the mountainside. In Skate 3 however, it's just another big ass park you can recreate in the in-game feature. What I mean by all this is that Skate 2 has an authenticity to it. The camera angles of the games (fisheye lens in skate 2) are enough to prove this. So if you wanna feel like an actual skater and film some clips that look like old parts from the early '90s, Skate 2 is the game for you. But of course, you can always go to Skate 3 if you want to do a quad heelflip dark catch miracle whip frontflip 540 down a 30-stair.

Wow that menu screen and animated loading screens make a huge first impression. Looks awesome

Damn so many good times setting respawn markers at high spots and just grinding for that mid air quad kick flip among many others. Playing as big black and Rob lol good times

Graphic aren't everything but I hate it when a previous game has better graphics then the recent one. Skate 2 had a more realistic city. Skate 3 felt like some fake movie set? everything felt really WIDE I guess since its focus was players playing with others online they didn't want skaters bumping into each other.

Skate 2 was actually challenging. It took me months of probably constant gameplay (which wasn't even totally possible due to school and shit). I still haven't beaten every little thing in Skate 2. In Skate 3, it took me less than a month with the same conditions to beat it. I sold my copy of Skate 3 when I realized it wasn't as good. I eventually bought it again just because, and I ended up beating it even quicker than before. Skate 2 actually has some sort of story. Skate 3 has barely anything. It's like they didn't put any effort into Skate 3. That's not saying much because Skate 2 is just a re-hashed version of San Van from Skate 1 (except they took out a lot of the more unique and otherwise cool elements of the city), but I digress. Another thing that shows how little they gave a fuck when making Skate 3 -- it came out only a year after Skate 2. Skate 2 came out 2 years after Skate 1. Skate 2 seemed to be genuine and actually had a lot of care put into it. Skate 3 just feels so far removed from Skate 1 and Skate 2. Blackbox wasn't a good developer by any means, but when they really tried in the first two games, it showed. I mean, Skate 2 felt much more organic. Skate 3 felt more synthetic.

The end gave me nostalgic flashbacks of a game i never played

Brilliant Breakdown. Standing Ovation on this comparison...the music really sends it home too. You can tell you really love the series and keep it dear to your gaming heart!

Skate 3 Could've Been Much Better. Like Seriously, A 2D Crowd?

it feels like skate 3 should've been skate 2 and skate 2 shouldve been skate 3

Skate 2 was a big help in my life growing up. I've had amazing times on it. Those metal rails on the vine wood sign that lead down to the grass area, I've grinded all the way down it with my friends. Many fun times on that game. Your ending was beautiful and brought back so many memories. Well done

I agree the changes in skate 3 were pretty challenging, it feels like I’m trying to to some big combo in fighting game instead of some skate tricks

Realistic challenges should always be a thing. In these games it's too easy to get lost in the exagerattion and power trip, and forget how awesome a real life kick-flip over a 5 set of stairs is.

I got so swept up in skate 3 when it came out I forgot everything I loved about skate 2, thanks for this nostalgic video.

Still playing skate 2 on my ps3 and loving it. Its great that they implementet every thing that was missing from skate 1 and did not overtweak it like skate 3 where they just did not know what to do to inovate anymore. If the just changed the map and let the physics system like it was then the game would be so much nicer

I commend you on the work your put into this video. You are 100% correct on all counts! For once the second installment of a series is truly the pinnacle.

Skate 2 for skating and fun Skate 3 for glitches and a good laugh

The only thing I don’t like about skate 2 is it’s too dark and gloomy but everything else is fine

I still love both games for different reasons. Honestly even the first game can still hold up.

Bro the music is making me think of every good memory i have of playing these games

Damn dude giving be nostalgia for a game I never even owned

The unrealistic challenges in skate 3 is what I think makes the game more fun. Think about it, what's more fun, doing a kickflip over a couple of stairs or dropping down 30 feet into a ramp and analing yourself?

I will forever love this video it got me into skating back in 8th grade im now in 11th idk the music and just idk like this is probably one of the best videos I ever seen idk why it makes me feel some type of way

the biggest thing that I liked in skate 2 more than three was that 2 was one giant open world map and 3 had 3 separate maps that required more fast travel warping and therefore lead to more loading times

Used to be a fan of skate 3... but the door sizing really made me realise how bad the game is... Unintalling.

I think a big amount of people like skate 3 because its so silly and buggy. Not because its a genuine hardcore skating game. Skate 3 has made some of the funniest lets plays on youtube.

how do u have all those charecters in your skate 2 im stuck with the normal ones like slappy and how do you have those areas to skatea are they mods or like expansion packs

7:58 Nobody: Some random skater: "...shinra tensei!"

How *DARE* they make *E V E R Y T H I N G* skateable??? The nerve on these guys...

Damn I just got good at Skate 3 now you're gonna make me realize all these things 😂

4:20 best bit of the vid. Need a standalone vid of just that bc i wanna send it as a reaction.

Skate two just feels more... alive. Probably something to do with the art style and details akin to, say, The Walking Dead(TTG), or Borderlands 2. Sure, it's not perfectly realistic, lacks a handful of elements compared to other versions of practically the same game, and really aren't coded to be seal tight; but damn to they have a soul.

There was probably a lower budget for skate 3

I always wanted skate 3, but for some reason when I finally decided to get it there was something that stopped me. I can’t remember if it was too expensive or I couldn’t find it, i just remember that I bought skate 2 because it was the closest thing to skate 3 I could find. That games is amazing and has so much depth to it. I remember first discovering the mega ramp, i got in there before unlocking because I was able to jump over the wall. That was such a fun thing to ride on trick on

I knew something was a bit off about Skate 3...

More realistic falling animations (Flies across sky when trips over curb

Skate 2 had an epicness feeling.. mate this emotionnal ending almost made me cry hahaha, I went back 9 years ago when I was a little child :) thank you

Skate 2 will forever have a special place in my heart. Spent so many hours on that game back in my middle school days .

I like how you used an "Outro" song for the Outro 😂

“Door sizing made me realize how bad this game is” “door sizing made me hate this game”

When skate 4 comes out, I'll buy the season pass, the lootboxes, the custom paid skins, the costumes, the map packs, the multiplayer.......... oh and i guess I'll buy the disk, doesn't have much content though :(

It gets pretty opinionated once you get to the realism aspect. Personally I love how Skate 3 has a mix of Realism and no realism

San Vanleona Edit:We want San Vaneola back and in Skate 4

*Skate 2 + Skate 2 = Skate 4*

Skate 2 was when EA still gave a shit about games instead of microtransactions

I Remember playing the Skate 1 demo, and was so excited for the game to come out to the public. I replayed that 30mins so many times over. By far the best one out of the three, in my opinion. Hopefully they deliver on this upcoming release.

Dude skate 2, was truly when the peek of gaming was. We had the good cods, skate games, nuke town, We got rob and big on MTV and jackass.. Imsomewhere along the way we stopped trying to make things fun... all these games now days sucks and it's sad out of the 100 games I have on my pc, I'd rather download a ps3 emulator and play a solo game... I miss the skate games man.. they were so good for the time and we still don't have a great game like skate 2. I love 3 and 2 but personally I had the most fun with skate 1 and 2. Seeing the opening cut scenes for the very first time.... it had me captivated from the moment the disc entered the console. And then you put a skating game right behind a bad ass intro, and I was absolutely hooked man... seems like forever since we've had anything good skate related. And I truly hope the devs finish 4 soon. I truly wanna be able to play 1 last skate game before I die

8:16 started to cry and miss the old days :(

Skate 2 made me fall in love with skateboarding, I have so many memories of coming home from primary school and playing it. The Skate series is the only game series that I've played over and over again and still come back to. I was lucky I guess to not have a copy of Skate 3 with all the bugs in it, but I still preferred the grit from Skate 2's environments. I don't understand why EA hasn't made the sequel everyone has begged for. If money was their main concern (which it probably is), Skate 4 would make them a shit tone of money. I just hope that if they do make it, that it doesn't take the unrealistic route and make it like a Tony Hawk game where the only goal is to make the biggest combo score.

This video brings me back to the good ol days of kush-popping and performing crazy glitches to pull off insane tricks. S.k.a.t.e in Skate 2 was by far one of the best game modes I’ve ever played in my life and I can’t wait for the day when I return to it in the future. Skate 3 pales in comparison like Brawl did with melee, only they never returned to clean up their mess like Nintendo did. Best trick I ever landed was a Nollie shuvit 1620 on Library (props to you if you can figure out how I did it ;^) Damn so many fond memories one of the best games of all time.

Always wondered why they both kept the same retail resale price tbf this explains it